Bag-holder



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

VILLIAM STEPHEN HOWARD, OF LYOOMING, NEXV YORK.

BAG-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 568,253, dated September 22, 1896. Application led February 2l, 1896. Serial No. 580,231. (No model.)

To all whom it' may concern: Y

Be it known that I, WILLIAM STEPHEN HOWARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lycoming, in the county of Oswego and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Bag-Holder, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in bag-holders.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of bag-holders and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and eflicient one possessing great strength and durability, adapted to be readily applied to a bin, barrel, box, or any similar support, and capable of readily receiving and securely holding a bag without injuring the same.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combinationy and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bag-holder constructed in accordance with this invention, the clamping-frame, which forms a hopper, being swung back to permit a bag to be placed on the supporting-frame. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, partly in section, illustrating the manner of supporting a bag. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken longitudinally of the bag-holder through one side thereof.

Like numerals of reference design ate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

1 designates a rectangular supportingframe having a rectangular bag-receiving opening and provided at its inner or rear edge with depending rigid and adjustable jaws 2 and 3, adapted to engage the upper edge of a bin, box, barrel, or the like for supporting the bag-holder at the desired elevation. The rigid jaws are located at the ends of the 4supporting-iframe, and each consists of a substantially triangular bracket having a horizontal arm 4 secured to the lower face of the supporting-frame, a vertical arm for engaging the outer face of a box, bin, barrel, or the like, and an inclined brace 5, connecting the outer end of the horizontal arm with the lower end of the depending arm which forms the rigid jaw.

The adjustable jaw is substantially L- shaped, consisting of a depending portion and a horizontal shank 6. The shank 6 has its outer portion threaded and engaging a threaded opening of a plate 7, which is secured to the lower face of the supportingframe, and the adjustable jaw is adapted to be rotated to vary the distance between it and the rigid jaw to enable the clamping mechanism to be adjusted to suit the thickness of the support. The adjustable jaws are rigidly secured at the desired adjustment and are prevented from rotating accidentally by clamping-screws S, mounted in threaded perforations of guides 9, which have openings for the passage of the shanks. The openings of the guides 9 are alined with the threaded perforations of the plates 7, and are located adjacent to the inner edge of the supportingframe, the plates '7 being arranged at points intermediate of the end bars of the frame 1.

NVhen the bag is placed on the holder, its upper edge is received by supports l1, consisting ofusubstantially L-shaped plates secured to the inner edges of the end bars of the supporting-frame and extending above the upper face of the latter, forming L-shaped flanges. The horizontal portions of the L- shaped bag-supports are provided with perforations 12, through which portions of the bag are forced by depending studs or projections 18 of a clamping-frame 14. The clamping-frame 14,-, which constitutes a hopper, is hinged at its rear to the rear edge of the supporting-frame, and it is secured to the front oit' the latter by a spring-actuated catch 15, mounted on the front side bar of the supporting-frame and arranged to engage a keeperplate 16 ofthe clamping-frame. The bolt of the catch is beveled at its upperface to enable it to be depressed and to engage the clamping-frame automatically when the latter is closed.

The sides and ends of the clamping-frame are arranged at an inclination to form a hopper, and the lower end of the latter iits within a bag, which may be conveniently filled.

It will be seen that the bag-holder is exceedingly simple and inexpensive in construc-A tion, that it is strong and durable, and that it will enable bags to be readily iilled and handled. It will also be apparent that the IOO bag-l1older lnay be readily mounted on a bin, box, barrel, or other suitable support and that its clamping devices are capable of ready adjustment to accommodate themselves to the thickness of such supports.

Changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to Without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

A bag-holder comprising a horizontal supportingframe, the L-shaped bag-supports sccnred to the supporting-frame at opposite Sides thereof and having horizontal portions extending over the supporting-frame and provided With perforations, the clamping-frame hinged to the supporting-frame, constituting 

